The Olympic Silver medallist of Beijing climbed on the second podium of the week, winning Gold at the 10m Air Pistol Men event. India’s first time medallist Omkar Singh followed him in second place. Bronze to Russia’s Chervyakovskiy.
The 2010 ISSF World Cup Series started in the best way for Korea’s top-ranked pistol shooters Jin Jong Oh, who had closed the past season in the lead, by winning the 2009 World Cup Final in Wuxi.
The 2008 Olympic multi-medallist walked into today’s final in second place with a qualification score of 583 points, and then climbed up in the lead by shooting 99.4 points in the final, winning his first Gold of the year with a total of 682.4 points. The 30-year old Korean athlete had finished on the podium also yesterday, when he won a Silver medal at the 50m Pistol Men final.
On his way to the podium, Jin duelled against the Indian first time finalist Omkar Singh. The Indian shooter had qualified in the lead with a score of 584 points, but
As Singh fired a frustrating 6.7 on his sixth final shot wasting his head start, Jin did not hesitate and moved in first place by shooting a consistent average.
Omkar Singh landed in second place winning Silver with a total score of 681.2 (584+97.2) points, grabbing the first ISSF medal of his sport career. “This is my first time on a podium of an ISSF World Cup stage. – Said Singh after the round - I have been training a lot for this match. I took part in the Commonwealth Championship, but unluckily I did not make it to the podium there. I was looking for a medal, and I found it here!”
“ This World Cup has been fantastic – continued Singh - not only for me: the whole Indian team succeeded in Sydney! I will try to make it into the team for the Commonwealth Games, now. I am really motivated! “
Today’s Bronze went to the 24-year old Russian shooter Sergey Chervyakovskiy, third with 679.5 (581+98.5) points, who finished on the podium with a two tenths advantage on the following Chinese shooter Pu Qifeng, fourth with 679.3 points.
USA’s Daryl Szarenski, a finalist of yesterday’s 50m Pistol Men event, closed the round in fifth place with 678.2 points, followed by India’s Samresh Jung in sixth, by Serbia Damir Mikec in seventh and by China’s Bin Zhang in eighth place.